True companion

The answer

TRIED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIED answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TRIED

Every other clue in this collection answered by TRIED, most used first.

• Attempted - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Made an attempt - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• True's partner - used 21 times, most recently in 2012
• Gave it a go - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Made an effort - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• True partner - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Had a go at - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• _____ and true - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Took a stab at - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Gave it a shot - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Experimented with - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Put to the test - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Took a shot at - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• True's companion - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Endeavored - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Had a taste of - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sampled - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Show to be true - PROVE, used 57 times
• True-blue - LOYAL, used 56 times
• As a companion - ALONG, used 55 times
• "___ on a true story" - BASED, used 52 times
• "To ___ own self be true" - THINE, used 38 times
• True - LOYAL, used 26 times

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